Security News > 2023 > March > Acer confirms server intrusion after miscreant offers 160GB cache of stolen files

Acer has confirmed someone broke into one of its servers after a miscreant put up for sale a 160GB database of what's claimed to be the Taiwanese PC maker's confidential information.

"We have recently detected an incident of unauthorized access to one of our document servers for repair technicians," an Acer spokesperson told The Register on Tuesday.

According to a Monday post on cyber crime hangout BreachForums by a rapscallion going by the name Kernelware, the "Various confidential stuff" allegedly stolen from Acer totals 160GB, including 655 directories and 2,869 files.

Acer didn't respond to The Register's questions about the nature of the stolen data, nor whether it had verified the leaked information.

"Not all data breaches need to contain personal information about customers or employees, or financial information such as credit cards, to be a concern," Kron told The Register.

"In the very competitive world of electronics and technology, this information can be very valuable to competitors, and the technical information may be very valuable to bad actors wishing to create exploits targeting the victims' products."

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